Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

The long-tail boat swayed and headed towards the depths of lotus leaves and lotus flowers.

Li Yuanjing stood on the shore, looking at Shen Wei sitting on the edge of the boat. She was smiling and full of vitality, more brilliant than the summer sun. The pink lotus flowers were in full bloom, but they were not as bright as her.

Li Yuanjing looked at it in fascination for a while, and suddenly frowned deeply.

"No! Weiwei didn't listen to me!" Li Yuanjing felt a strange discomfort in his heart becoming more and more severe.

Shen Wei didn't come back at noon.

Li Yuanjing dined alone.

The imperial chefs in the imperial manor were very skilled in cooking and the food was delicious. However, Li Yuanjing found it difficult to swallow the food on the table.

Without Shen Wei to accompany him for meals, even the most delicious food tasted like chewing wax. This was completely different from the retirement life he had imagined!

Shen Wei ran off to go boating, leaving him alone to have lunch in the imperial manor. Li Yuanjing held the white jade chopsticks in his hand, feeling very uncomfortable.

...

As dusk approached, Shen Wei returned with a full load.

She picked a lot of fresh lotus pods, as well as a lot of lotus flowers and lotus leaves. Shen Wei was busy, ordering the palace servants to peel the fresh lotus pods, put the lotus flowers into the vases in the imperial manor after they bloomed, and send the lotus leaves to the kitchen to make lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken.

Dinner is a lotus banquet.

All the ingredients on the table are related to lotus.

"Try the lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken." Shen Wei saw the gloomy look on Li Yuanjing's face, she smiled, and personally handed over a lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken leg.

The braised chicken legs are delicious, with the richness of glutinous rice and the fragrance of lotus leaves.

Li Yuanjing took a bite and found it tasted very good.

He looked at Shen Wei, his expression slightly relieved: "Weiwei, you specially took a boat to pick lotus today, is it to make delicacies for me?"

Shen Wei touched the bridge of her nose: "I guess so."

Mainly for fun.

Pick up ingredients and make delicious food.

The depression that had been accumulating in Li Yuanjing's heart for days disappeared at this moment.

His Weiwei, still cared about him as always.

Li Yuanjing said: "You are not in good health, so let the servants do this kind of work in the future."

Shen Wei listened to it with one ear and out with the other, not understanding it at all.

After a nice dinner, Li Yuanjing was in a good mood. He wanted to take Shen Wei for a walk by the lake. At this time, a palace servant came to report: "The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, Shopkeeper Ye from Yanjing City wants to see you."

Li Yuanjing knew that Shopkeeper Ye, whose real name was Ye Qiushuang, was a well-known imperial merchant in Qing. Over the years, Shopkeeper Ye's shops had blossomed in Qing, Yue, Nanchu and Donglin, and his business was very successful, making him the richest merchant in Qing.

Although she was a merchant, Shopkeeper Ye also paid taxes conscientiously. When the Qing treasury was in short supply, she would also take the initiative to donate silver. She never did anything illegal and was loyal to the Qing Kingdom.

Therefore, when Li Yuanjing was in power, he did not make things difficult for Manager Ye, but instead provided him with supportive policies.

"What is she doing here?" Li Yuanjing raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled.

Thinking of Manager Ye's support for the Qing Kingdom's treasury over the years, Li Yuanjing thought for a moment and decided to meet her.

Li Yuanjing said to Shen Wei, "Weiwei, go back to your room and rest first. I will come back to accompany you after I meet with Shopkeeper Ye."

Shen Wei held her chin up and asked the palace attendant who came to report the news, "Who does Shopkeeper Ye want to see?"

The palace maid bowed her head and replied respectfully: "Her Majesty, Shopkeeper Ye wants to see you."

Shen Wei curled her lips and said to Li Yuanjing, "You go back to your room and rest first. I will come back to accompany you after I meet with Shopkeeper Ye."

Li Yuanjing: ...

Amid Li Yuanjing's shocked and bewildered look, Shen Wei leisurely walked to the front hall and met with Manager Ye, the richest man in Qing State, leaving Li Yuanjing aside.

Li Yuanjing was wandering around the room with his hands behind his back.

He felt unbelievable!

Shen Wei has lived in the palace for a long time and rarely interacts with merchants. When did Shopkeeper Ye become friends with Shen Wei?

Li Yuanjing waited and waited until late at night when Shen Wei and Ye Qiushuang finally finished their talks. Shen Wei stretched and yawned as she returned to the bedroom.

As soon as she stepped into the house, she was grabbed by Li Yuanjing's wrist. The palace lanterns were bright, and Li Yuanjing's handsome face was dark. He asked, "Weiwei, when did you have any contact with Shopkeeper Ye?"

Shen Wei blinked: "Nanchu has been politically stable in the past two years. I want to continue doing cotton, leather, and bookstore business in Nanchu. So I asked Shopkeeper Ye to come over and told her to go to Nanchu to make plans."

The more Li Yuanjing thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: "Why should Shopkeeper Ye listen to your arrangements?"

Shen Wei shrugged and stopped trying to hide it: "I'm the boss behind Shopkeeper Ye."

Li Yuanjing:!!!

A flash of lightning flashed through Li Yuanjing's mind, and he was stunned.

Shen Wei had already broken free from Li Yuanjing's restraints and asked the palace servants to bring in hot water.

On a summer night, behind a folding screen, Shen Wei undressed and began to bathe. The warm water flowed over her skin, and lotus petals floated on the bath water. Shen Wei squinted comfortably, and the fatigue of the day was relieved.

The more Li Yuanjing thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He opened the curtain and said, "Weiwei! You are Ye Qiushuang's boss behind the scenes. How dare you hide this from me? You—"

The rest of the words got stuck in my throat.

Shen Wei was lying on the edge of the bathtub, her jade-like arms lazily supporting the tub, her black hair was wet, her eyes were closed, and she had actually fallen asleep.

Her eyelashes were covered with water and the heat made her face red.

Li Yuanjing paused, swallowing all his questions. He took out a soft cotton towel, then took Shen Wei out of the bucket, wiped the water off her body, dried her hair, and changed her into new pajamas.

Shen Wei was half asleep. After he wiped her clean, she was carried back to bed to continue sleeping.

Li Yuanjing had unknowingly become very skilled at helping Shen Wei change clothes.

Late at night, Li Yuanjing tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

He stood up and walked to the window, calling the tiger guards: "Check how Shopkeeper Ye got his start."

Tiger Guard cupped his hands: "Yes."

The tiger guards left.

After Li Yuanjing abdicated, he left half of the elite tiger guards to his son Li Chengtai and kept half for himself.

Li Yuanjing returned to the bedroom, Shen Wei was still sleeping soundly, with a peaceful face. Li Yuanjing stroked Shen Wei's face. They had slept together for many years, and he claimed to know everything about Shen Wei.

But only after abdicating did he realize that Shen Wei was an inexhaustible treasure.

There are many secrets hidden.

He didn't examine Shen Wei carefully before because he trusted Shen Wei. Now he wants to investigate Shen Wei because he wants to explore Shen Wei.

...

The Tiger Guards are very efficient.

In less than three days, detailed information about Manager Ye's "starting from scratch" was delivered to Li Yuanjing's desk.

In the study of Luoyue Lake Royal Manor, Li Yuanjing was flipping through the thick file of stationery.

This shopkeeper Ye, the richest man in Qing country, was actually the concubine who was to be sent to the Prince of Yan's mansion? Shen Wei gave her silver to help Ye Qiushuang start from scratch in Yanjing City and gradually expand her business.

The first store was called Wei Yan Ji.

Li Yuanjing's eyes fell on the name of the pastry shop "Wei Yan Ji" and he smelt a hint of sweetness.

Li Yuanjing had naturally heard of Weiyanji, a shop that was famous in Yanjing City. But he didn't know that it was a shop opened by Shen Wei.

Weiyan, Weiyan—Weiyan?

Li Yuanjing's eyes lit up. Could it be that Shen Wei was expressing her love to him in a subtle way?